To My Middle School Students:

To My Middle School Students:

I hope that you enjoy this blog about my adventures living and teaching abroad. I am glad that I get to keep you all updated in this way and know that, even though I am not technically your teacher anymore, I will always consider you my students. Feel free to leave comments, to email me with questions, or just say hi :]

Friday, November 8, 2013

Weirdness of the Week (Episode....? - Back to Life After Being REALLY Sick)

1.  Christmas decorations, here, go up before Halloween is over!  I guess when you don't have any holidays to stall the Christmas season... October is as good a time to start as any.  Also, Halloween is not celebrated here - they think it is evil.  Maybe decorating for Christmas on Halloween wards of any evil spirits that are angry that they are not being celebrated.


2.  If you send mail to Costa Rica, it might end up in Brazil.  Don't ask me how.

3.  The manikins here have spray painted on facial hair - to look more Latino, I guess.

4.  I like when people call me "reina" like when I'm shopping.  It makes me feel like a queen :]

5.  Today, I saw an iguana crossing the road.  It was huge, and right in front of me on the sidewalk.  The other people walking by looked at it like it was as normal as a pigeon in New York.



6.  If you have the flu, you can just say you have dengue.  It is the default disease here.  I still insist that I had it... even though it turns out what I really had was dysentery... which by the way, nobody here that I tell has ever herd of.
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2 comments:

  1. Samuel - LilaNovember 10, 2013 at 6:52 AM

    1. Funny about Christmas so early.
    2.How Brazil? only joking...crazy, I know.
    3 Manikins...funny.
    4 Our little reina...!
    5 We saw a Roadrunner yesterday, almost like an Iguana.
    6 Funny how Dengue is the default flu there.....

    Thanks for sharing all the stories, even if they are one liners....

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  2. Laughinggirl77November 18, 2013 at 10:01 PM

    Ughh, dysentary! No wonder it lasted so long. Glad you are finally feeling better!

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